Sexual Health in the News Week of June 06-June 12

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In 1965, a Supreme Court decision paved the way for contraception access and ultimately helped transform the workplace for women. In an interview, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards discussed the impact.

Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized birth control for married couples. Here are five ways the embrace of birth control has shaped our country for the better.

According to new research, older adults are increasingly turning online for sexual health information, finding sources, services and discussion forums that fill a need caused by an apparent lack of acceptance of sexuality among seniors.

Normally new mothers are told to return for contraception six weeks after giving birth, but a new study suggests that this practice should change. Women who received IUDs during cesarean sections were far more likely to be using them six months later than women who were told to return to the doctor's office to receive one.

There is growing agreement among senators that women should have over-the-counter access to birth control pills, but that is where the consensus stops and familiar political battle lines over women's health care emerge.

Flibanserin, the so-called "female Viagra" which aims to treat a lack of sexual desire among women, is on its way to getting FDA approval. But some say the Viagra comparison is all wrong. Dr. Sharon Parish, a professor of medicine with Weill Cornell Medical College, explained on HuffPost Live that while Viagra targets a man's sexual organs, flibanserin works with the chemistry of a woman's brain.